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Drawing The Motive Force of Architecture

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ISBN-10: 1118700643

ISBN-13: 9781118700648

Edition: 2nd 2014

Authors: Peter Cook

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The new chapter for this second edition of this book will highlight the way architects are using new media hybrids traditional and digital and how this brings a new momentum to drawing. These 'crossovers' provide a whole new territory as attempts are made to release drawing from the boundaries of a single moment, a single-viewing position or a single referential language. It leads to fascinating insights into the effect that medium has upon intention and definition of an idea or a place. Is a pencil drawing more attuned to a certain architecture than an ink drawing, or is a particular colour evocative of a certain atmosphere? The 2nd edition features works by the likes of: Marjan Colletti,…    
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Book details

Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 12/13/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.70" wide x 8.60" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

He is a founding member of Archigram, is the chair of the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London & a principal in the firm of Cook & Hawley Architects in London 010.